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US-11568577

Contamination detection and notification systems

PublishedJanuary 31, 2023
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Technical Abstract

A notification system includes a memory, an output device and activity, localization, and tracking modules. The memory stores an activity history log associated with a supporting structure. The activity module: receives signals from sensors or electrical devices; and tracks activities at least one of in or within a set distance of the supporting structure to generate the activity history log. The localization module relates the activities to aspects of the supporting structure and generates corresponding localization data. The tracking module tracks states of the aspects of the supporting structure contacted at least one of directly or indirectly by one or more animate objects and determine at least one of contamination levels or sanitization levels of the aspects based on the localization data and the activity history log. The output device indicates the at least one of the contamination levels or the sanitization levels.

Patent Claims
8 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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3. The notification system of claim 1, further comprising sensors configured to detect activities in the supporting structure, wherein the activity module is configured to track the activities based on outputs of the sensors.

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4. The notification system of claim 1, further comprising the electrical devices configured to change state as a result of activities in the supporting structure, wherein the activity module is configured to track states of the electrical devices and log the states in the activity history log.

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6. The notification system of claim 1, wherein the activity module is configured to track touch points of the one or more animate objects and log the touch points and corresponding timestamps in the activity history log.

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8. The notification system of claim 1, wherein the tracking module is configured to identify aspects contacted based on detected changes in states of the electrical devices and update the at least one of the plurality of contamination levels or the plurality of sanitization levels based on the identified aspects contacted.

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11. The notification system of claim 1, further comprising a transceiver configured to transmit the activity history log to a server and receive in response a cleaning notification message indicating at least one of areas or aspects of the supporting structure to sanitize.

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12. The notification system of claim 1, wherein the activity module performs motion tracking of the animate objects and determines incidents in which physical contact is made with interior aspects of the supporting structure and updates the activity history log based on the physical contacts made.

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15. The portable network device of claim 14, the control module is configured to i) determine a location and orientation of the portable network device within the supporting structure, ii) based on the location and orientation, display in an augmented reality environment view of an interior of the supporting structure selected ones of the aspects, and iii) based on corresponding ones of the contamination levels of the aspects and corresponding ones of the sanitization levels of the aspects highlight the selected ones of the aspects in the augmented reality environment view of the interior of the supporting structure.

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19. The portable network device of claim 18, wherein the control module is configured to i) receive the contamination map and the sanitization map, and ii) display the image of the supporting structure indicating the contamination levels of the contamination map and the sanitization levels of the sanitization map.

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Filing Date

December 11, 2020

Publication Date

January 31, 2023

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